COLLECTIVE SELF-ESTEEM AND CULTURAL ORIENTATION
Abstract: The present study
explored the relationship between collective self-esteem and cultural
orientation. It was hypothesized
that one’s collective self-esteem or one’s judgment
of being a
member of one’s
ethnic group would
predict their cultural orientation.
Collective self-esteem or
one’s judgment of
one being a member of one’s ethnic group had 4
dimensions: private, public, membership and importance; cultural orientation
also had 4 dimensions: horizontal individualism, horizontal collectivism,
vertical individualism, and
vertical collectivism. One-hundred and fifty-nine students
participated in the present study. Public collective self-esteem positively
predicted horizontal individualism
(β = .217) and vertical individualism (β
= .224); private
collective self-esteem positively
predicted vertical collectivism, (β = .273) and negatively predicted
vertical individualism (β = -.234). Cultural
factors, particular to
the Indonesian context,
need to be
taken into account in regard to interpreting the collected data.
Keywords: collective self-esteem,
horizontal and vertical
individualism, horizontal and vertical collectivism
Author: Novita W. Sutantoputri
dan Evanytha
Journal Code: jppsikologisosialgg130001
